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The Lost Reliquary by Lyndsay Ely (book review).
‘The Lost Reliquary’ effectively engages the reader from the very first line. The protagonist, Lys, is part of the crowd gathered for the…
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October 2025
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Opi’s World (Flying Crooked series book 5) by Geoff Nelder (book review).
‘Opi’s World’ by Geoff Nelder is the fifth and latest novella in his space opera ‘Flying Crooked’ book series. Yet it is not…
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse book 1) by Dennis E. Taylor (book review).
Bob Johansson is a cheerful man. He’s about to sell his company for millions of dollars, and he’s at his favourite science fiction…
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Lives Of Bitter Rain (The Tyrant Philosophers book 5) by Adrian Tchaikovsky (book review).
Can a young orphan girl, lacking any particular talent except for sword-fighting, ascend through the ranks of a tough, ruthless regime aiming to…
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The Last Spirits Of Manhattan by John A. McDermott (book review).
A novel that showcases the likes of Alfred Hitchcock, Henry Fonda, Charles Addams, and other influential figures from 1950s America is likely to…
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Don’t Go To Work The World Is Ending by Paul Dalton (book review).
When a new writer comes on the scene, the problem always is to make the reading public pick it up for a closer…
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Telepathist by John Brunner (book review).
One unique aspect of science fiction, compared to other genres, is that its settings can become timeless, particularly when they are not associated…
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And All The Stars A Stage by James Blish (book review).
‘And All The Stars A Stage’ is a marvellous title, a take on ‘All The World’s A Stage’ in case you didn’t know.…
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The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy book 1) by James Logan (book review).
‘The Silverblood Promise’ is a debut novel by James Logan and makes for an engaging read. Can the disgraced heir to an ancient…
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Retrovival by Douglas Thompson (book review).
At the centre of some books there is a good, original idea. What is important is the way this is used. That is…
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Post-Cinema: The Age Of AI by Scott Billups (book review).
I thought when this book, ‘Post-Cinema: The Age Of AI’ by Scott Billups, arrived it would be a history of how artificial intelligence…
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Magic At The Grand Dragonfly Theatre by Brandie June (book review).
Too many fantasy novels involve themselves with the politics of the created world. The plot often centres on characters who seek power or…